Question 30997
the standard forms for each type of conic are as follows:


parabola: {{{ y = a(x-h)^2 }}} --> you have y and {{{x^2}}}


ellipse: {{{ (x^2/a^2) + (y^2/b^2) = 1 }}}


hyperbola: {{{ (x^2/a^2) - (y^2/b^2) = 1 }}}


Ellipse and hyperbola are very similar in their standard form: differing only in the sign of the y-term.


Your equation is of the ellipse form.


jon.